The main objective of the research was to describe the characteristics presented by the investigative competences of the teachers of the Universities of metropolitan Lima from the perception of the students themselves. The present work has a quantitative approach, with a descriptive design. A 30-item questionnaire on research competencies was developed (adapted by the group of researchers). The sample consisted of 236 students of the VIII, IX and X Cycle of the different programs of the Universities of metropolitan Lima. The application was through a Google Forms questionnaire given the situation we are experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The process of validity and reliability of the instruments, as well as the treatment of the data were processed with the statistical package SPSS V-25. The results obtained through the statistical tests allow us to show that the organizational, communicational and collaborative competences of the teachers They are good according to what was stated by the students of the universities that served us as a sample. In general terms, it can be concluded that the research competencies of the teachers of the universities under study are good.